Topic: What's YOUR favorite game?

[Evan_B]

Well, that got interesting!

You know what's art, Mikey? Spongebob Squarepants.

[lolmonade]

My favorite game currently?  Rocket League, since it came out, is my go-to game if I want to have some silly fun for a brief period of time.


My "favorite" game of all time? Would go along with Mario 3 or Super Mario World based on how often I revisit those games. 


To your more substantive question, I have a tie between Chrono Trigger, Ocarina of Time and Shadow of the Colossus as standard-bearers for my "emotionally impactful" games, but I played all as a teenager at a time in my life where I had the ability to get truly immersed into these stories.


Lately, my most recent "impactful" game was MGSV.  For whatever challenges there were in production and the parts that got cut, I got bang for my buck on that game both for story (despite it not following typical Kojima loonyness), and amount of time played.

[michaelbaysuperfan616]

Well, that got interesting!

You know what's art, Mikey? Spongebob Squarepants.

Only if you view it under the influence of Mary Jane.

[Evan_B]

You know what's art? Michael Bay films. All of them. Especially Pearl Harbor.

Thank's for taking my question seriously, lolmonade! I think that the games we play in adolescence are very impactful in general, but I like your choice of MGSV. That is an emotional experience in itself.

[michaelbaysuperfan616]

I took your post very seriously I gave a very thoughtful response and was treated with sarcasm so I responded with sarcasm in kind.

[Evan_B]

Oh, sorry. I completely forgot to respond to the Harvest Moon comments! Which was indeed very serious. I have never played a Harvest Moon title but a game like that, which has the potential to feel like and require the commitment of, well, a job, all have incredible potential to trigger emotionally satisfying and resonating responses from people. It's why I like RPGs, but more for the narrative commitment instead of the "day-to-day" cyclic gameplay. The Game Cube, in case you hadn't noticed, was also a huge part in the formation of what I love about video games, so I'm right with you there.

[Phil]

My favorite game is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. It was formerly the N64 version, but the 3DS version fixed everything I had a problem with in the original, and then some issues I didn't even notice or thought heavily on.


Then there's Banjo-Kazooie, my favorite 3D collect-a-thon platformer. There's Perfect Dark, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, A Link to the Past, A Link Between Worlds, Resident Evil 4, Metroid Prime, and Mega Man X. Those are in my top favorite games.

[riftzzz]

Clash of Clans !

[Wah]

U like playing Coc bro?

[Spak-Spang]

This is such a hard question.  When I think of favorite games I think of games I could endless play...and have endlessly played.  I don't want to limit it to games I am playing now, but games I would actively play again and play through entirely again.  So I would have to say:

Super Mario World,  Super Metriod, and Legend of Zelda Link to the Past are my favorite games.  They are basically perfect games in each of their respective genres.

[sudoshuff]

I'll probably have to go with Majora's Mask. It's certainly the game that I've spent the most time thinking about...something about the world design really drew me in.

[sudoshuff]

... but I played all as a teenager at a time in my life where I had the ability to get truly immersed into these stories.

I think a lot of my fond memories of video games, books, and movies from childhood are less about the content itself and more about the time I spent immersing myself in the universe, lore, fan fiction, etc.  I do sort of miss being able to do that  .